Joe Biden slams Hamas for Gaza hospital blast, affirms US support for Israel

US President Joe Biden reaffirmed his country’s support for Israel during his visit to the Middle Eastern country amid its conflict with Palestine based terrorist group Hamas.

“The State of Israel was born to be a safe place for Jewish people of the world. That’s why it was born. Long said, if Israel didn’t exist we would have to invent it. While it may not feel that way today, Israel must again be a safe place for the Jewish people. I promise you, we will do everything in our power to make sure that it will be,” Biden told the media in Israel’s capital Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

The US President slammed Hamas for its barbaric attack on Israel and compared it to Islamist terrorist group ISIS.

“Terrorists believe they could bring you down, bend your will, break your resolve but they never did and they never will. Instead, we saw incredible stories of heroism, courage, Israelis taking care of one another,” Biden said.

“Scores of innocents from infants to elderly grandparents, Israelis and Americans, taken hostage. Children slaughtered, babies slaughtered, entire families massacred, raped, beheaded, bodies burned alive. Mass committed atrocities, that recall the worst ravages of ISIS unleashing pure unadulterated evil upon the world. There’s no rationalizing it. No excusing it,” he added.

Talking about the blast at a Gaza hospital that has claimed hundreds of lives, Biden said, “Majority of Palestinians are not Hamas. Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people. Hamas uses innocent, innocent families in Gaza as human shields. Palestinian people are suffering greatly as well.”

“I was outraged and saddened by the enormous loss of life yesterday at the hospital in Gaza. Based on the information we have seen today, it appears as a result of a rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza. The United States unequivocally stands for the protection of civilian life during the conflict.”

(With agency inputs)